Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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The 2000 Census showed that Lancaster had a population of 56,348 people^<1>. This represents 0.46% of the total population of Pennsylvania, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5	Reading	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	80,506	0.86% decrease
6	Scranton	N	100 mi [160.9 km]	72,233	5.47% decrease
7	Bethlehem	NE	63 mi [101.4 km]	72,241	1.28% increase
-8-	Lancaster			54,626	3.06% decrease
9	Altoona	W	115 mi [185.1 km]	46,144	6.82% decrease
10	Harrisburg	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	47,148	3.68% decrease
11	Wilkes-Barre	N	86 mi [138.4 km]	40,932	5.08% decrease

Lancaster had 23,024 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lancaster has an area^<4> of 7.4 square miles [19.16 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Lancaster had a 2000 population density of 7,616 people per square mile [2,940 people/km²], making it the state's 6th most densely populated area.

Lancaster County

The city of Lancaster is located in Lancaster County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 471,776 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 56,348 people, Lancaster contained 11.94% of the Lancaster County total.

In addition, where the community of Lancaster has a population density of 7,616 people per square mile [2,940 people/km²], Lancaster County averages 497.1 people per square mile [191.9 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lancaster County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lancaster and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lancaster. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Lancaster. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Lancaster, it also contains a comparison between Lancaster and the state of Pennsylvania.

Click here for the Lancaster QuickFact (QF-4241216).

The following communities are nearby Lancaster and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hempfield	QF-4233780	W	7 mi [11.27 km]
	Penn Hill	QF-4259008	S	18 mi [28.97 km]
	York	QF-4287048	W	23 mi [37.01 km]	40,097	1.87% decrease
	Reading	QF-4263624	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	80,506	0.86% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Lancaster.

A Census Quickfact is available for Lancaster County (QF-42071).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lancaster County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chester	QF-42029	E	491,489	12.78% increase
	Berks	QF-42011	NE	403,595	7.77% increase
	Lebanon	QF-42075	NW	128,934	7.07% increase
	Dauphin	QF-42043	NW	256,562	1.89% increase
	York	QF-42133	W	424,583	10.94% increase
	Harford (MD)	QF-24025	S	240,351	9.52% increase
	Cecil (MD)	QF-24015	SE	99,926	15.57% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Lancaster:

Lancaster is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Lancaster.

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lancaster. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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